RELIGION

• Waste


  Anything that we no longer need or want
• Solid waste


  • Includes vegetable peelings, bread wrappers, and other solid things
• Sludge waste


  • Includes human feces or chemicals
• Gaseous waste


  • Includes chlorine, gas, or fumes from a car or factory
• People produce 0.5 kg of garbage everyday in urban areas
• People produce 0.3 kg of garbage everyday in rural areas
• Reduce


  The action of minimizing the amount of waste generated in the first place
• Re-use


  The act of using items or materials again for their original purpose
• Types of waste

  • Biodegradable
  • Non-biodegradable
• Color coding for proper segregation of non-biodegradable waste

  • Green
  • Red
  • Yellow
  • Blue
• Deforestation is the mass removal of trees over a wide area, often referring to the clearing of trees by humans
• Causes of deforestation

  • Illegal logging
  • Urban construction
  • Agriculture
  • Use for fuel and paper
  • Commercial purposes
• Effects of deforestation

  • Erosion
  • Loss of biodiversity
  • Flooding and drought
  • Climate change
• Sachet economy


  The Philippines is known for its heavy reliance on single-use plastics like multilayer sachets and pouches
• According to a study published in the Science Advances journal, the Philippines emits 356,371 metric tons of mismanaged plastic waste annually
• The 2001 Waste Management Act was a legislative effort that aimed to ban open dumps and promote waste segregation
• A study by Jambeck et al. (2015) ranked the Philippines as the world's third-largest plastic waste producer, generating 2.7 million metric tons in 2015
• The country produces 163 million plastic sachet packets, 48 million shopping bags, and 45 million thin-film bags daily
• The Yangtze River in China is the most polluted river, not the Pasig River in the Philippines
• The plastic pollution crisis in the Philippines is deeply intertwined with poverty and insufficient waste management infrastructure
• Top 7 rivers in the Philippines contributing to plastic pollution and their respective percentages

  • Pasig River (6.43%)
  • Tullahan River (1.33%)
  • Meycauayan River (1.23%)
  • Pampanga River (0.95%)
  • Libmanan River (0.72%)
  • Rio Grande de Mindanao (0.54%)
  • Agno River (0.47%)
• The Philippines is the 13th-most populous nation in the world
• Overpopulation

  When a species' population becomes high
• Causes of overpopulation

  • Poverty
  • Limited job employment or unemployment
  • Reduced usage of contraception
  • Lack of sex education and family planning
• Majority of poor Filipino households have minimal access to education and have only achieved elementary education
• The Philippines has been struggling with high unemployment rates, driving many individuals to start families earlier and have more children
• Effects of overpopulation

  • Exhaustion of natural resources
  • Ecological degradation
  • Increased conflicts
  • Unemployment and poverty
  • Lack of access to resources
• The Philippines has been struggling with high unemployment rates, driving many individuals to start families earlier and have more children
• Effects of overpopulation


  • Exhaustion of natural resources
  • Ecological degradation
  • Increased conflicts
  • Unemployment
  • Poverty
  • Lack of access to education
• Solid Waste


  Any discarded or no longer needed materials that are being thrown away
• Republic Act No. 9003

  Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
• Municipal Solid Waste

  • Trash or garbage
• Agricultural Waste


  Unwanted waste produced as a result of agricultural activities
• Recycling


  A powerful tool to convert what could be waste into valuable resources
• The cause of the plastic waste problem in the ocean, as discovered by the Ocean Cleanup, is lack of dumping sites
• Due to lack of material recovery facilities (MRFs) and sanitary landfills (SLFs), several LGUs found themselves compelled to either reopen existing illegal dumpsites or create new ones
• Republic Act 9003 required the implementation of a Solid Waste Management Program that is sustainable by Local Government Units
• According to the Commission on Audit, there has been a troubling surge in solid waste management
• Effective solid waste management is not just a duty but a moral responsibility